Phylogenetic utilites of mitochondrial DNA sequences in the study of insect systematics.
Author of the article:WANG Bei-Xin,YANG Lian-Fang
Author's Workplace:(Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China).
Key Words:mitochondrial DNA; molecular systematics; insect
Abstract:DNA-sequence data from the mitochondrial genome are widely used in insect molecular systematics.Mitochondrial DNA has advantages over nuclear DNA in estimating phylogenetic relationships among insect taxa because of its rapid evolution and inheritance wit